After consecutive losses to West Virginia and Texas, the Huskies dropped from the AP Top 25, which is done by writers’ voting. UConn began the season No. 17 in AP, but dropped to No. 24 last week after losing to the Mountaineers, who were unranked at the time but later broke into the rankings. This week, after a loss to Texas on a last-second three-pointer by Jonathan Holmes, the Huskies were among the unranked, but did garner 76 points, second in the “others receiving votes” category. So, unofficially, they are 27th.

In the USA Today/Coaches poll, the Huskies remain in the rankings at No. 23, dropping only one slot after the loss to Texas. They began the season at No. 15 in this poll.

Florida (3-3), which began the season at No. 7 in both polls, is now out of the AP Top 25, but ranked 24th in the USA Today/Coaches poll. UConn plays the Gators in Gainesville on Jan. 3.

West Virginia (7-0) has moved up to 17th in both polls, one of four ranked teams from the Big 12

A note on how important UConn’s nonconference games against Duke, Florida and Stanford will be: The Huskies were the only American Athletic Conference team to get a vote in the AP Poll. Memphis got three points in the coaches’ balloting.

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Ryan Boatright, who had 24 points, seven rebounds in the loss to Texas, made the AAC’s honor roll. He has been on the honor roll twice, and player of the week once so far this season. B.J. Tyson of East Carolina was player of the week this time around.